“Most of what's known about religious practices in pre-Hispanic Mexico has come to us through a Catholic parish priest named Hernando Ruiz… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“We in the West regard the universe as a creation of God; like an invention or a product. After he created the… — Warren Sharpe Copy Share Image
“With respect also to spiritual sloth, beginners are apt to be irked by the things that are most spiritual, from which they… — Juan de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“Truths turn into dogmas the instant that they are disputed. Thus every man who utters a doubt defines a religion. And the… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“As for law and religion, which also have preached this principle, they have simply filched it to cloak their own wares, their… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
“I do not expect everyone to like me; but I would be extremely surprised if a person whom I consider highly spiritual,… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
“[T]here was a woman who had set her heart intensely on a kind of transitory love called flirtation, which is a poison… — Henry Suso Copy Share Image
“I think I have a very good idea why it is that anti-Semitism is so tenacious and so protean and so enduring.… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Novelists when they write novels tend to take an almost godlike attitude toward their subject, pretending to a total comprehension of the… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“And it is a very great fault amongst a very great part of Christians, that in their enquiries of religion, even the… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
“Not too long ago thousands spent their lives as recluses to find spiritual vision in the solitude of nature. Modern man need… — Franz Winkler Copy Share Image
“There is safety in learning doctrine in gatherings which are sponsored by proper authority. Some members, even some who have made covenants… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
“Science can now help us to understand ourselves in this way by giving factual information about brain structure and function, and how… — David Bohm Copy Share Image
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“Muslims in the West regularly refer to Islam as the “religion of peace.” Yet of the roughly 400 recognized terrorist groups in… — Walid Shoebat Copy Share Image
“Curiously enough, it seems that at times the spiritual side prevails, and then the materialistic side—in wave-like motions following each other. ...At… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Using your wealth to purchase other people’s loyalty is a game as old as humanity itself. Rich men use their wealth to… — Gregory F. Fegel Copy Share Image
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“More we know more we know our ignorance. Darkness can be perceived with the help of light. Facts are stranger than fiction.… — Ajay Kansal Copy Share Image
“Killing, raping and looting have been common practices in religious societies, and often carried out with clerical sanction. The catalogue of notorious… — Jeffrey Tayler Copy Share Image
“We will only understand the Torah if we recall that every other religion in the ancient world worshiped nature. That is where… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
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“But where was God now, with heaven full of astronauts, and the Lord overthrown? I miss God. I miss the company of… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“ways in which our smartphones are changing us and undermining our spiritual health: Our phones amplify our addiction to distractions (chapter 1) and… — Tony Reinke Copy Share Image
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“The fact is that men encounter more complicity in their woman companions than the oppressor usually finds in the oppressed; and in… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
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“At issue here is the question: "To whom do I belong? God or to the world?" Many of my daily preoccupations suggest… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“My generation was born into a world where those with a heart as well as a brain couldn’t find any support. The… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
“Father Brendan Flynn: "A woman was gossiping with her friend about a man whom they hardly knew - I know none of… — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
“Christian psychologist is called in; if it’s a spiritual problem, the pastor gets the call. We assume that our depression, panic, guilt,… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“3. The Next Step in the Mental Training. In the next place we have to strive to be the master of our… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“I am. I think. I will. My hands. . . My spirit . . . My sky . . . This earth… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Come close to God and He will come close to you. (JAMES 4:8) Not everyone is willing to pay the price required… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
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